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Making Freelance Work: A Guide to Fair Freelancing in the Arts Sector
by Alistair Cope, Mimi Doulton, Philip Hancock, Samuel P. Jones, Melissa Tyler and Josie Underwood
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About the book
Making Freelance Work
Over 80% of practitioners in the UK arts sector work on a freelance basis. While freelancing offers scope for autonomy and creative freedom, it is also characterized by widespread precarity, low pay, long hours and systemic inequalities. Funding cuts and recent challenges have only intensified these conditions.
This book provides an evidence-based account of what it means to work as a freelancer in the UK performing arts sector, drawing on data from the Big Freelancer Survey (2020–2025). It presents a unique insight into arts-based freelance work in the UK, providing workable recommendations for change.
The book, Making Freelance Work: A Guide to Fair Freelancing in the Arts Sector [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781529259827 in Paperback by Alistair Cope, Mimi Doulton, Philip Hancock, Samuel P. Jones, Melissa Tyler, Josie Underwood may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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Details
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Authors
- Alistair Cope, Mimi Doulton, Philip Hancock, Samuel P. Jones, Melissa Tyler, Josie Underwood
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Dec 22, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9781529259827
- ISBN-10
- 1529259827
- Pages
- 176
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $23.66 | 21% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $22.76 | 24% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $22.46 | 25% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $21.56 | 28% off list |
| 1,000+ | $20.97 | 30% off list |
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